Q:I just got my braces last May 24, and since then, 6 brackets have already fallen off! This is really annoying me cause I haven't eaten anything hard since I didn't want anymore falling off. I came fron the dentist today, and had 3 brackets replaced. I really don't wanna go back, so does anyone know what I should do? I've already avoided juices, hard meat, fish, etc. all i've been eating were vegetables, and soup. Please help me. :( x

It may not be what you are eating but instead how you are eating it. If when you chew, one of your teeth touches against one of the brackets, this could put strain on the glue that holds them on. If this happens over and over again, the bond between the glue and your tooth may be weakened so much that it falls off. Ask your orthodontist about why this is happening and whether the frequency of them falling off is becoming a problem. It may be the way that they are sticking them on. But if if continues to happen very often, your orthodontist may feel they have no choice but to remove your braces if they are falling off so often that no further progress can be made with your teeth. Hope this helps :)

Q:I watch college bball, but why does just about everyone make brackets when it comes down to tourny? Do you get some money or something when u go 16-16? Where do u make the brackets? Bonus: Who thinks Zona will beat Clev. St.?

I'm in a pool of 27 players where we have 20 bucks each on whoever gets the most accurate bracket. It's a longshot where you need a lot of luck but it's fun and when it's over someone will have 500 bucks in their pocket I hope it's me but if it's not then I'll be happy for whoever it is because I ain't going to hate.

Q:If each spouse individually makes under the next tax bracket (250,000 for example) but together they make over it (500,000 for example) can you choose to file jointly or individually to fit your needs? Or why would you get married?

It won't work. The tax bracket for two separate $250,000 incomes is the same as for one $500,000 income.

Q:I was eating tortilla chips, and so after i went to check to see where the food got stuck. I then realized that I was missing one of my brackets. The bracket isn't connected with the wire. It's the teeth next to my front two teeth. Should I schedule and appointment still even though it isn't connected with the wire? I don't really see why they put the bracket in there if the wire isn't connected to it.

It might have already been missing and you didn't notice it. Schedule an appointment and at least ask about it. They'll fix it or explain.

Q:I guess kind of a double question. I'm going to a concert May 21st. What would be best exposure setting? In a non dslr camera can you bracket? Begining to think I can't. Isn't it true that when you set camera to either aperture priority or shutter priority one would compensate for the other to get propper exposure? I guess you can bracket on a dslr which I don't own. I own the Sony DSC-H2.

Try your spot meter on the main subject. Unless you are right on stage, anything else will grossly overexpose the band/singer, because it will be misled by all the darkness in the field. You can bracket on your H2, although you may not be able to do this automatically, so it will slow you down a bit. Haha! How spoilt we have become. What I am saying is that you will have to bracket on your 21st century electronic marvel the way we did before cameras even had light meters - one frame at the time. Just use your exposure compensation by setting the EV up and down. For sake of speed, you might want to use full stop increments instead of the 1/3 stop that is available with a single click. Try shooting as soon as the lights go down and review your pictures immediately. If your H2 has the option to indicate the highlights that are overexposed, set that so you can check quickly and adjust. Once you find what works, meaning if EV -1.3 is the right exposure compensation, you can probably quit bracketing unless you notice that the lights are changing all the time. You are correct about the aperture and shutter priority settings. These settings measure the light lever and set the EV (exposure value, I think) and then make proporional adjustments to maintain that same EV. You can STILL bracket in one of these modes, though, since you will still be able to change the EV through exposure compensation as I described above.

Q:I'm almost two years into treatment and have maybe a year or more to go. The top 6 brackets on my teeth are ceramic and a few of them have broken off on numerous occasions. They've also stained quite a bit, would it delay my treatment if I changed them to metal ones?

Hello Friend, Of course 2 yrs is really a long period for Braces. Any kind of Brackets if not sustained for a period of time will not give results, More than results Finishing is the word i prefer. Consult your dentist, have a discussion with him , why this is happening. find out the exact reason and handle it. be regular in your maintainence part and periodic checkups. i bet u can Finish ur treatment in perfect form. There is no need to change for metal ones. since it will shoot ur Budget up All the Best Dr.Siva Prakash Dhanaraj. BDS, PGCOI, PGCAD (MANIPAL)

Q:i heard a noise coming from my bottom bracket. but only noticeable when i am really putting some torque into the crank at a high gear. other wise it is not there. it almost sounds like the bearings are really rubbing in the cups. i took the bearings out and re greased them with a water proof grease and it is still there. i also cleaned the pedal bearings and re greased them as well. this bike only has about 200 miles on it and i bought it about 3 months ago. could it be that the bearings are bad, just crap. or could it be something else. this bike is a 220 dollar mongoose. please help.

Try readjusting the cups, it may require a fine touch and several attempts. There shouldn't be any pitting yet. You can get better quality balls for a minimal cost. Or else replace the whole bottom bracket. The bike is junk to begin with, real bikes start at twice that price and up, yet, you could make it last if you invest extra time and cash on maintenance. Don't feel too bad, you are just one in 15,000,000 americans (75% out of 20 million bikes sold) that bought a piece of junk.

Q:I have an entertainment center that seems a little unsturdy and I have the brackets for it but I need to know where to place them to make it more sturdy. let me know if you have any experience with this.

if the brackets are L shaped, they go on a corner. If straight or T shape, they go in the middle

Q:For example, In one of my reviews an answer was 2[(x^2 + 5)(x + 3)], But I don't know what the brackets are for. Can you tell me what brackets are used for in polynomials?

The brackets mean that you are do do the multiplication inside the brackets first, then afterward multiply by 2. But since multiplication commutes there's no point to the brackets in this instance, since the result will be the same regardless of the order in which the factors are multiplied. So in this case 2[(x^2 + 5)(x + 3)] is exactly the same as 2(x^2 + 5)(x + 3) Some people might nest parentheses instead of using brackets, like this: 2((x^2 + 5)(x + 3)) with the same result.

Q:If I sell my rental property this year as opposed to next year will I have to pay capital gains? I am in the 10-15% income tax bracket. Will the capital gains be calculated as income for the year I sell it and possibly send me into the next bracket? Does this have to be a long term sale to qualify?

Please understand our tax code. while somebody incredibly makes money for the 1st time the are tax at are optimal fee (wealthy human beings) often at 35%. Then in the event that they want to invest say in a organisation they very own loan that money so yet another organisation can be triumphant and employ human beings. that money they make investments even no be counted if it incredibly is contained in the inventory industry or maybe us minions who've 401k's in case you want to take the prospect and placed your money to artwork to make additional money then it incredibly is taxed at a capital effective properties tax of 15%. So in essence they're paying 50% taxes on the money they have made. So is 50% sufficient for Obama to have additional money so he could make the alternative of which organisation the government invests in. Like Solyndra or killing the Keystone pipeline so his buddy Warren Buffet can use the prepare gadget that he owns ( Burlington) to transport gasoline from Canada to states with refineries. Yep while you're buds with Obama he will make you very wealthy. it incredibly is why Buffet is asserting human beings like him ought to pay greater. He reaps the income of extensive organisation deals to make Billions. Then Obama gave 3 BILLION to Soros so he can drill off of Brazil and we are in a position to be his perfect shopper. See human beings in extreme places all pat one yet another on the decrease back mutually as the yank stiff gets to pay the fee. Yep Gm is genuine worthwhile now additionally and yet they paid NO Taxes final twelve months and China buys greater GM vehicles than the U.S. yet heck China is construction maximum of them and paying pennies on the greenback for them. back the taxpayers are on the hook for that Bailout!